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If there's one thing the camera loves, it's unique-looking people.  Steve Buscemi, Danny DeVito, you know the type.  They're instantly recognizable.  You can certainly say the same about Michael Berryman, and that facet of the industry has treated him well.  It helps that he takes his acting very seriously.  We learned today that he strongly dislikes hams, and we're not talking about the food.  Wh...

Flying can be scary.  You're going 500 miles per hour in a massive steel machine suspended 30,000 feet in the air.  It doesn't help that sometimes the plane seems to just drop out of the sky momentarily.  Statistically, it's still the safest way to travel.  Sadly, our brains do not run on statistics.  They run on emotion.  That's why we're still talking about Gabby Petito.  It's a highly emotional...

It seems like among all humanity, celebrities are the most likely to die under mysterious circumstances.  Are they being murdered?  Is there a shadowy cabal behind the scenes making sure they don't talk?  Or are people just unwilling to accept that drugs are bad?  The world may never know.  We may also never know how some celebrities manage to live on the other side of the coin: dancing and singin...

Squid Game is apparently still a thing.  The tide is changing though: it's gone from universally acclaimed to hated by Tom and Tim.  Say goodbye to your 100% Fresh rating, Squid Game.  And speaking of things people hate, slurs are an interesting cultural phenomenon.  Every culture does it, and every culture has a slur for just about every other culture.  Math isn't the universal language.  The rea...

What's more boring than law?  Today we attempt to find out, and discover that the answer is "nothing".  That is, unless you like reading thousands and thousands of words that detail exactly how fast you can drive in any given scenario.  Then it's fascinating.  Hey, it's better than watching football.  Everyone's a winner when you follow traffic laws.  We cannot say the same about the Vikings or Fa...

Long-time listeners may be familiar with Tom quitting KQ every few months.  We call this a negotiation breakdown.  Anyone can learn to be a good negotiator, they just need to learn how.  Well, Mickey doesn't have a book, strangely enough.  But he does have some wisdom.  He negotiated a hostage release with North Korea, so he'd know how to make a deal.  He also knows Bright, a platform to interact...

This week another uber-successful Minnesota Broadcasting Hall of Famer. Pam Lundell from KTIS. She is a voiceover queen. Is she a Vikings fan? Enjoy episode 28 of Moon Pjugg and Hobbs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We've got a star-studded cast this hour.  MIke Gelfand.  Adrian Washington.  Jimmy Francis.  And of course, Jit from Maharaja's.  Each a different ethnicity, each Minnesotan.  And we didn't even have to pay a Chief Officer of Diversity a salary to achieve it.  Makes you think.  The name of the hour is good vibes.  Adrian brings the comedy at Annandale this weekend and St. Cloud the next.  Jit brin...

When you think Jeff Foxworthy, you usually don't think about the Jewish Mafia.  Don't worry, he's still not a made man.  Or a made mensch, I suppose.  That combo is just what you get when you dedicate one segment to Gelfand and one to Jeff.  We try to bring people of all backgrounds together so we can talk about how every car made before 2005 was a piece of crap. Come see Jeff Foxworthy at the Pan...

October is the month of ghosts, skeletons, and other various forms of dead people.  So why not the actual kind of dead person?  No, not that kind.  We're talking about spirits.  The afterlife.  Since people first figured out that they can die, they've wondered if that's the end.  Most cultures throughout history came to the conclusion that no, it's not.  They never really had any concrete evidence...

Sorry, Halloween fans.  You're not allowed to celebrate your favorite holiday any more.  Why?  Because black people don't believe in it.  If you're a black person, this may come as a surprise to you, but it's true.  At least, according to some school board in Seattle.  Take it up with them.  And while you're there, try to figure out where all these corpses and burned out buildings are coming from,...

Everyone wears a mask.  No, not a covid mask.  A metaphorical one.  And also a covid one, at least for now.  As kids, we dress up as fictional characters.  Sometimes as adults too.  More commonly, we simply pretend to be someone we're not.  Not a character, but an idealized version of ourselves.  Unfortunately, that kind of mask only helps protect our psyche from the harsh realities of the world. ...

Banning things you don't like is certainly not a new phenomenon.  They've been doing it since humans began writing their shenanigans down.  Apparently it's ingrained in our psyche.  Despite the thousands of years that have passed since the pharaohs made it illegal to question their divine magnificence, humans have yet to evolve on a basic level.  Just enjoy what you can while you can before someon...

City burns.  Populace declares leadership bad.  Election season arrives.  Populace elects same leadership again.  Return to step 1.  It's a rut we're all familiar with, mostly because people seem to care more about brand familiarity than actual progress.  Same reason Minnesotans still root for the Vikings.  Just because you've heard of them doesn't mean they're any good, you know. See omnystudio.c...

Imagine being told that you have to pretend to be a mobster for several years, and if you ever let the mask slip you'll die.  Sounds pretty bad, right?  Surprisingly, some people take that offer.  Giovanni is one such person.  That's a level of dedication few of us can relate to.  Then again, it wasn't all bad.  Apparently real life gangsters are just as quick with a one-liner as TV gangsters.  So...

He has been on the air for more than 69 years! And a new member of the Minnesota Broadcasting Hall of Fame. Meet Don Egert... a great story teller and our new best friend!https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/607526445 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The all over the map episode. Peter Borne returns to talk about a charity run by a bunch of guys named Mike who are having "Mikes Giving" on Peter's boat. We also compare colonoscopy stories and the dangers of 60's Volkswagens. Ron calls in to relay the story of his brand new Chevrolet truck that had apparently been painted three different colors from the factory. Finally, Mike Gelfand mourns the...

It's October, which means it's time to get spooky.  And what could be spookier than a massive horde of boxelder bugs?  Exactly one thing: slasher films.  "Don't let your children watch slasher movies" should go without saying.  It apparently does not.  Kids aren't really equipped to handle that kind of thing.  What may seem silly and campy to you may traumatize them. See omnystudio.com/listener fo...

It's time to get jacked...in a calm way.  Hearing is often one of the most underappreciated senses.  That may sound strange considering we're addressing an audience of podcast listeners, but still.  Sounds can bring back memories and engage the imagination as well as or better than sight.  So why is all of our entertainment vision-based?  No longer.  Not when AudioJack is around.  Why watch a movi...

When's the last time you went to Burger King?  If you're Minnesotan, apparently it's been a while, because they're not doing great.  Then again, things in Minnesota not being great is a long-standing tradition.  Our cities are a joke, our sports teams even moreso.  Our local news is a shining example of everything the news should not be.  Even our podcasts are horrible.  Except this one, of course...

What's in fashion these days?  Platform shoes?  Tutus?  Zebra striped pants?  The real question is, why pay attention to fashion at all when you can just wear whatever you want?  Aside from the fact that a lot of people will think you're crazy, of course.  That's one of the many benefits of being a child.  You can wear anything, no matter how sparkly. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform...

Remember the good old days, when race riots were burning down cities and nobody wanted to leave their house for fear of rising crime rates?  Yes, we're talking about last year.  We are also talking about the 60s.  Nostalgia can blind us to the bad aspects of the past.  Apparently that doesn't apply to whoever made the new Sopranos prequel movie.  People were expecting people saying funny things in...

We're finally back to the familiarity of day to day life.  Both the Vikings and Falcons are losing, politicians are abusing their positions to make money, and Facebook is down.  It's like nothing ever happened.  With the modern obsession with "progress", sometimes it's nice to return to your roots. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...

Lizzie Borden took an axe.  Or did she?  Unsurprisingly, a double murder that happened a century before we even knew what DNA profiling is doesn't have a lot of solid evidence around.  That's when you turn to channeling.  Divination.  That sort of thing.  You're going to have to watch The Curse of Lizzie Borden on Discovery Plus to see how that turns out.  Be prepared to revise the popular schooly...

Meet Winnie. She books guests for the Tom Barnard podcast. Also, with the Gabby Petito case all over the news, Winnie decided to share her story of domestic abuse in hopes to give women strength to share theirs. No more sweeping this under the rug anymore. Enough is enough! If you or anyone you know is in a domestic abuse situation, there is help Visit: www.thehotline.org or call: 1.800.799.SAFE (...